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The Informal City

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

The Informal City of the 21st Century exhibition considers the challenges of informal settlements and looks at possible solutions. >

8 Aug 11
Riding to the next level

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

With the new Prius bicycle, changing gears can be as easy as thinking about it. >

3 Aug 11
Blog: TedX Stellenbosch 2011

Design News > Information Design / Design Thinking / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

The city was the canvas for design interventions at the 2011 Stellenbosch TedX event. >

30 Jul 11
Enter the Your Street Challenge now

Do Tank News > Urban & Landscape Design / Design Activism

Own your street, love your street and improve your street for the Design Indaba Your Street Challenge. Deadline: 31 August 2011. >

28 Jul 11
Your Street

Your Street Challenge is a competition to transform space through creativity, one street at a time. >

25 Jul 11
Street factory

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

A new structure in Spain incorporates a skate park, street theatre stage, graffiti wall, climbing wall and more, and it’s all for youth. >

22 Jul 11
Station slide

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Skip the stairs, take the slide! >

15 Jul 11
Re-vamped up

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Thingking’s design interventions at Velokhaya in Khayelitsha aims to make the centre more accessible, fun and functional. >

14 Jul 11
Wide Open Walls

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

A living art project in the villages of The Gambia hopes to promote this West African country as a vibrant tourist destination. >

4 Jul 11
Linear park

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

A diagonal urban park in Barcelona connects the city to its natural surrounds. >

29 Jun 11
Fast future

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Moving Platforms is Paul Priestman’s concept for the future of rail travel. >

24 Jun 11
Cycling simplicity

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

A bicycle made of bent plywood, ideal for the urban cyclist. >

20 Jun 11
A clear future

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

The Airbus 2050 concept considers the (transparent) future of air travel. >

19 Jun 11
Automated

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Ready for personalised public transport? Check out the semi-automated Wi-Fly Pod. >

17 Jun 11
Urban experiences

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Dencity, a collaborative exhibition by André Clements and Daniel Hirschmann, explores the city ebb and flow of London and Jo’burg. >

14 Jun 11
Three times

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

3Beirut is a new development by Foster + Partners in Lebanon, which hopes to promote urban renewal in the capital. >

12 Jun 11
Blog from Festarch festival: A real human comedy

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

A one-man show, a “coalition of amateurs” and real human comedy at the Festarch festival. >

5 Jun 11
Blog from Festarch festival: Urban age meets Babel Tower

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

The dark urban age meets the Babel Tower in a wrestling ring on top of a skyline building at the Festarch festival. >

4 Jun 11
Mobile sauna

Design News > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Keen for a steamy session? Enjoy one on the move with the Bicycle Sauna by H3T Architects. >

3 Jun 11
Future visions

Design News > Design Thinking / Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

The Festarch festival explores visions of a future city that prioristises civil engagement, shared spaces and an open society. >

3 Jun 11
Design evolution at Milan2011

Design News > Design Thinking / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Superfarm proposes a new way of cultivating and consuming food, looking to the urban environments of 2050. >

15 May 11
Silent and sustainable

Design News > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Land Rover has quietly introduced their new electric Defender which minimises environmental and noise pollution. >

11 May 11
Blog: The Sustainable City at NY Festival of Ideas

Inside View > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

What does it really entail to ensure a city is sustainable. A mayoral panel discussion at the NY Festival of Ideas considers this question. >

8 May 11
Blog: The Heterogenous City at NY Festival of Ideas

Inside View > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Interaction Design / Urban & Landscape Design

The Heterogeneous City, a panel discussion at the New York Festival of Ideas, looks to a dynamic equilibrium for the urban environment. >

6 May 11

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